STEVEDORE  , a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person who is engaged in the stowage of See also:

• CARGO (Span. for " loading," from Lat. carries, car)

cargo on See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board a See also:

• SHIP

ship, one who loads and unloads vessels in See also:

• PORT

port . The word is an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish eslivador, literally a See also:

• PACKER, ASA (1805-1879)

packer, rstinar, to See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press or See also:

• PACK (apparently from the root pak-, paq-, seen in Lat. pangere, to fasten; cf. " compact ")
• PACK, OTTO VON (c. 1480-1537)

pack closely, Latin slipare, to press . The Spanish word was particularly applied to the packers of See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool, when See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain was a See also:

• GREAT

great wool-exporting See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, and thus came into See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• MERCANTILE (or COMMERCIAL) AGENCIES

mercantile use .